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Roy Barrette's ode-to-Maine classic A Countryman's Journal, originally published in 1981, examines country life and all its trappings--the sea, the seasons, and the natural world. From his saltwater...

2018 Green Earth Book National Short List Recipient A young boy learns about threats to Monarch Butterflies and inspires his class and community to learn about the butterfly's life cycle and to plant...

One winter, as food gets scarce, a snowy owl finds himself forced to look in new and unfamiliar spots in order to find food and a place to call home. Based on a true story, A Snowy Owl Story...

Candlemas BayAuthor: Ruth MoorePublisher: Islandport PressPublication Date: July 06, 2021Number of Pages: 288 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1952143187ISBN-13: 9781952143182

Bestselling author Ruth Moore (1903-1989) not only wrote some of Maine's greatest novels, but was also a talented poet who published three books of poetry and wrote ballads that have become an...

On a lazy summer day, Hector Fox and his friends watch a kite soar on the afternoon breeze and get a crazy idea: they also want to fly like a bird. Can the friends work together to design and build a...

Author: Astrid SheckelsPublisher: Islandport PressPublication Date: Sep 21, 2021Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1952143268ISBN-13: 9781952143267

While fishing on Stony Brook, Hector Fox and his friend find an old map hidden in a floating bottle. Hoping to find a secret treasure, the friends set off into the woods on their latest adventure...

When Hector Fox and his friends receive a plea for help from the Guardians of the Stone Tower, they race off to save them from the dreaded Raven's Revenge. Will they make it in time?Author: Astrid...

A Gripping Story of Doubt, Damnation, and Discovery set in a struggling corner of Downeast Maine. Just East of Nowhere, Scot Lehigh's debut novel, is a gritty coming-of-age story that explores the...

Just Up The Road follows Chelsea Diehl's year-long journey through Maine following the suggestions from those who know and love it most. With candid, humorous and personal recounts of new and...

Professional storyteller John McDonald, author of the now-classic A Moose and a Lobster Walk into a Bar, offers up his unique take on Maine trivia. John delivers an educational and hilarious mix of...

Author Marpheen Chan recounts an emotional coming-of-age story with sweep and depth as he moves through housing projects, foster homes, and college while struggling to reconcile his beliefs as a...

Mud makes me dance in the spring / I fly up to the sky on my swing. So begins a celebration of the four seasons, as a young girl explores, with family and friends, the mud of spring, sand and wind in...

The stakes have never been higher for Cooper Wilder. When an accident puts Cooper's dad in the hospital, Cooper must shoulder new responsibilities at the campground. But he's distracted. First, he...

Mystery on Pine Lake: A Cooper & Packrat MysteryAuthor: Tamra WightPublisher: Islandport PressPublication Date: Sep 18, 2015Number of Pages: 152 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

In Robbed Blind, Gerry Boyle's signature character Jack McMorrow returns in a fourteenth novel, beginning a two-book arc that will see the acclaimed series come to an end thirty years after McMorrow...

Author: Ruth MoorePublisher: Islandport PressPublication Date: March 02, 2021Number of Pages: 320 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1944762957ISBN-13: 9781944762957

Author: Ann HassettPublisher: Islandport PressPublication Date: Oct 09, 2021Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 195214325XISBN-13: 9781952143250

Ed Crockett, the son of an absent and alcoholic father, grew up in poverty in a crowded house on Portland's Munjoy Hill in the 1970s. He recounts his days growing up with the ever-present specter of...

It's the summer of 1980-something, and valedictorian Claire Hart has nothing to do. Her summers have always been meticulously planned--a class here, educational camp there--so her last summer before...

That summer, I finally grew into myself. The problem? I grew too fast. And fruit that grows too fast often bursts in the sunshine. For Clem, summers are for Maine--for wandering the blueberry...

Originally published in 1960, The Walk Down Main Street explores what happens when a river town in Maine goes mad over its school basketball team. Ruth Moore covers basketball thrills, coming of age,...

Author: Ruth MoorePublisher: Islandport PressPublication Date: Sep 01, 2020Number of Pages: 312 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1944762949ISBN-13: 9781944762940

Tributaries is a collection of contemporary outdoor essays exploring the line between passion and obsession. Written through the lens of a late-30-something, the book explores complex, evolving...

May and Jim Davidson spent sixty-eight years together sharing an unbreakable love of Maine and a relentless drive to do "whatever it takes" to find success and happiness. After falling in love as...

Two-time Caldecott Medal Award Winner Barbara Cooney illustrated this magical night-time story when it was first published in 1975, the year it was a New York Times Outstanding Book Selection. It's...